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A Narcissistic Bookworm
Print fetishistYou may have read them, your friend may have read them, most students George Brown College have read at least one book mentioned in this article (or just seen the movie). It is time that these novels that have already dealt with condemnation from other narcissistic bookworms get exposed in The Monologue.
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Press) is a good place to start. The rip off of Battle Royale and the Crimson Labyrinth is really just another YA novel that has fooled impressionable teens and some adults into believing it to be quality literature. If it had wanted to be quality literature it should have taken a reality check pill and killed Peeta off in book one or at the latest book two, because the only reason he survived was for the sake of a contrived love triangle and an attempted cheesy metaphor.
Uglies by Scott Westerfield (Simon Pulse) on the other hand plenty of people have read and certainly qualifies as a quality novel, yet is often overlooked for some reason. Why is that? It has the dystopian aspect, political message, vibrant storyline and lifelike characters that The Hunger Games has. Unfortunately, it is missing the key ingredient to success: a motion picture. The elements that spawn debates over whether the book or movie was better, if they got the casting right, if they cut out too many important parts, the list goes on.
The Harry Potter Series by J.K Rowling (Scholastic Press) for the most part is an excellent series. The adventure, the characters and the action are all terrifically done. It does have one mortal flaw that even J.K Rowling admitted she was unsure of: Hermione should have ended up with Harry instead of Ron. Even a narcissistic bookworm can say that there are times where clichés are appropriate.
The Percy Jackson Series by Rick Riordan (Disney Hyperion Books) waltzed into the book scene and pretty much did what Harry Potter did but with Greek mythology and had the girl end up with the hero.
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (Little Brown, and Company) is the last book I want to mention, but I don’t intend to give it a description. You may be asking why I am mentioning it if not to elaborate. Well, if you are a book geek then ask yourself the question: “is it really a parody book list without Twilight?”
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